Apart from Shiva Temple and Mata Chanchloyee Devi temple, Basohli city also houses other important pilgrimage sites. With some good numbers of ancient temples, the city of Basohli deserves the epithet ‘The City of Temples’. Of which, Mahadev temple is the oldest one. Other famous temples are Shri Chamunda Devi Temple, Shri Sheetla Mata Temple, […]

The Shiva Temple of Basohli is located at the heart of the city on the bank of River Ravi and houses an ancient Shivlingam, which to have been brought by the Pandavas when they came to Basohli during their agytavaas (exile). This famous Shivlingam was originally some kind of gem and known to have some […]

Sheshnag temple located on the eastern bank of the Mansar Lake is dedicated to Lord Serpent. It is known for its story of bringing happiness and blessings to newlyweds and that is why, newly married couple from far and wide flock to the temple to seek divine blessings. It is also believed that anyone who […]

The temple of Kolkandoli is located in Nagrota, 13 km away from Jammu. According to legend, mother goddess appeared as a small child in Nagrota and practiced spiritual austerities for 12 years. During those times, mother used to play with little children. One day, a girl child felt thirsty, the divine child gave a bowl […]

The famous shrine of Sukrala Mata is located in Billawar in Kathua district at a height of 3500 feet from sea level. According to local belief, the temple is abode of goddess Mal Devi, re-incarnation of Sharda Devi. It is believed to have been built by Madho Singh, exiled prince of Chamba of Himachal Pradesh. […]

Situated at a distance of less than 1 km from each other, the Sui and the Burj temple are the temple of Sri Ram and Sita known for its exquisite architecture and elaborate murals and paintings. Burj temple represents blended architectural style of Rajasthan and Gurudwara that dating back to the time of Maharaj Ranjit […]

Sarthal Mata Temple, also known as Athra Bhuja Devi temple, is a cave temple having a single piece black statue of 18- armed goddess, an incarnation of Goddess Durga. This idol was brought from the valley of Kashmir in 14th century. At a distance of 18 km from Kishtwar, it is located in a lush […]

Lakshmi Narayan Temple of Jammu is situated in Gandhi Nagar area. It was built by Raja Jambu Lochan early centuries and thus counted as one of the ancient temples of the region. This temple is not as famous as Raghunath temple and Bawey Wali mata but is definitely worth a visit. Huge numbers of devotees […]

Ranbireshwar Temple is an important ancient temple in the city of Jammu. It is ideally located in Shalimar Road near new secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir. This magnificent temple was built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh, one of the rulers from Dogra Kingdom. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and with an 8 feet Shiva […]